Log #2

BBC Earth, 11 March 2016. — "'What I wanted to do was find a story that showcased both sides of the fence,' he(James Walsh) said."
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160310-the-difficult-truth-about-poaching

    When it comes to stopping poaching, the first thought that flashed through my mind was to stop the poachers.  To stop them, we should know why they poach first.

     As the report said, the poachers were originally hunters. They hunt because they needed food and trades since they had been cast away from their homeland and unemployment was greatly increased.. Their homelands were turned into reserves, which according to the local, benefited them nothing at all. So they hunt to fill their stomachs and  support their family. So they hunt for more money. So animals are sacrificed. So they are stigmatized  with cruelty, greed and heartlessness. All of these, however, is not what they are doomed to be. Instead, they are forced to be. They are forced to move away from their original prosperity and suffer from unemployment and poverty. Under such circumstance that the balance between animal conservation and human life is destructed, maybe we should find another way to help the poachers in order to stop poaching.

    One of the solution that was mentioned in James' documentary "(en)snared"   is education. Children are educated and know the importance and gravity of conserving animals. They even go in person to the reserves to watch wildlife, after which students response that they fall in love with the animals. So they go home and teach their parents how important it is to not poach.

    Even though education is a way to shoot the problem, I think how to help the local solve their financial problems and low employment rate is the major way to ultimately stop poaching.